Sturridge scored bagged the vital second goal against Villarreal on Thursday night to put them ahead overall, before clinching a 3-1 aggregate win by winning 3-0 at Anfield.

It secured their place in the Europa League Final against Seville on May 18.

But Sturridge hinted at unrest about the way the Anfield hierachy allowed world-class striker Luis Suarez and fellow England international Raheem Sterling to leave the club without bringing in big-name replacements.

Twitter reacts to Liverpool's win over Villarreal

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Twitter reacts to Liverpool's win over Villarreal

Sturridge and Suarez were dubbed SAS because they formed such a lethal strike partnership.

In the 2013-14 season, they bagged 55 Liverpool goals between them - Sturridge claiming 24 - as the Anfield side missed out on the title by just two points.

But Suarez was sold to Barcelona for £75m at the end of that season and Sterling joined Manchester City, who had pipped them to the title, a year later for £49m.

And Sturridge said: “Before I was playing with Suarez and - no disrespect to the current players - he is now at Barcelona and scoring loads of goals.